I'm not sure but Dr. Harish Verma who saved about 5000 colons with ayurvedic therapy said it's good to have it in your diet.I also took his ayurvedic medicine and it put me through remission a year ago but it's expensive for me so I stopped ordering it.Plus, no side effects. Even the doctors from Robert Wood Johnson in NJ recommended his medicine because it saved so many colons(people were about to get their colons removed until they tried this)JAMES - 19 Years old. 2nd year in college.5'11. Pre-med studentWas bodybuilding for middle weight class at 175lb with 6%bf. then BOOM. UC kicked in for the first time in my life. Realized that from about a year before I was diagnosed, I took so much Weight Gainers with full of refined sugar, artificial flavors in creatine, drank 4 sodas(sprite) a day.Diagnosed with UC(universal) in Feb 2008. Lost 25lb in three weeks. Bloody hell diarrheaFlare up in june 2008. took more antibiotics. Harder flareTook prednisone for two months then 6mp. But I decided to get off on both.

10/08Started drinking hard liquors and once drank 15 shots in an hour.Next day flare up.11/08 Started anti-yeast regimen. I crapped out so much yeast. confirmed candida in stool studies.